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Facebook is withdrawing its ban on cryptocurrencies, although advertisers will have to be approved first, while ICO will be blocked. Interested advertisers must complete the application containing information about the licenses and information whether their cryptocurrency is publicly available.

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Bitmain - ASIC producer and cryptocurrency giant - extracted 42% of all blocks found in the Bitcoin network in the last week. BTC.com and AntPool, owned by Bitmain, now account for 26.6% and 15.3% of the network hashrate respectively.

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The second round of China's supported monthly cryptocurrencies and blockchain projects has been published online. The latest round of the Global Public Chain Technology Evaluation Index has been presented at the Shanghai Science Hall.

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Schiphol - an international airport serving the capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam - launches an ATM that will allow travellers to exchange euro for Bitcoin or Ethereum. The airport explains that the machine is located at the departure terminal, because it offers travellers the opportunity to convert the remaining euros into two popular cryptocurrencies just before leaving the country.

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The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) will issue a notice to improve the operations of the five registered cryptocurrency exchanges by the end of this week. According to FSA inspections, BitFlyer, Quoine, Bitbank, BITPoint Japan, and BtcBox exchanges do not have adequate internal management systems, including anti-money laundering measures.

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The Bank for International Settlements in a 24-page article published yesterday as part of the annual economic report stated that cryptocurrencies are not scalable enough to function as money. According to BRM - an organization based in Switzerland consisting of 60 central banks from around the world - cryptocurrencies will not be able to become a medium of exchange in the global economy.

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Sberbank and Alfa-Bank will offer their clients shares in a special fund that will provide access to the six most popular cryptocurrencies. Sberbank, the main state bank, and Alfa Bank, the largest private bank in the country, are planning to enter cryptocurrency trade using the investment fund AddCapital, the National Depository for Securities and the IB Group.